We believe:

• The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for Christian faith and life.
• In one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• That Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate, until one day when He will personally return in power and glory.
• That the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ, and, during this age, to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.
• That man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore, lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.
• That the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His Resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and, thus become children of God.
• In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.

 Creation Statement

 Creation Statement

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Our Purpose

"Our purpose is to provide an education - one that is academically excellent, relationally nurturing, and practically oriented."

CISP will serve grades 1 through 12 with a distinctively Christian approach to education. Our purpose is to provide an education - one that is academically excellent, relationally nurturing, and practically oriented - from a biblical perspective designed to assist students to know God better and to serve and transform their community for Christ.

Purpose Statement and Explanation

"Our purpose is to provide an education , one that is academically excellent, relationally nurturing, and practically oriented from a biblical perspective designed to assist students to know God better and to serve and transform their community for Christ."

"provide and education"

We believe that the primary responsibility for raising children falls to the parents. We seek to assist parents in training children in the way of the Lord Jesus (see Ephesians 6:4b). We believe that God created people after his own image. God is multi-faceted; therefore so are our students. Hence, we seek to educate the whole person in all of these facets. Our teachers seek to encourage and model a love of learning.

"academically excellent"

We believe that education at a Christian school ought to be academically excellent. The primary reason for this is that Scripture (I Corinthians 10:31) teaches us that the purpose of our lives is to glorify God. Therefore, everything we do ought to be full of excellence and integrity. Ephesians 6:7 and Colossians 3:23-24 command us to do our work wholeheartedly because ultimately we serve the Lord. We seek to provide an atmosphere in which each student can fulfill his or her academic potential and explore the fascinating creation that God has given us. The appropriate response to the grace God has shown us is to serve Him with excellence in everything we do.

"relationally nurturing"

We believe that education is about more than academics. Human beings exist in relationship with God, with others, and with creation. These relationships are to be characterized by Biblical love (Matthew 22:33). We endeavor to train students to mature in their ability to love and care in these relationships wisely. We seek teachers and administrators who will be able to model, mentor, and teach Christs love to our students.

"practically oriented"

We believe that ideas have practical implications and applications. We endeavor to train students to recognize the practical benefits and consequences of what they are learning.

"from a biblical perspective"

We believe that the Bible provides a framework through which we can intelligibly understand all of life, all of reality. We believe that God created and sustains the world, and therefore there can be no neutral interpretation of creation. We believe that the effects of sin mar all of creation. Further, God is in the process of redeeming and renewing creation through the spread of the Gospel. At the center of this redemptive process God offers reconciliation to people with Himself, with others, and with his creation in Jesus Christ. Therefore, our teachers endeavor to teach their subjects from a biblical worldview. Since all truth comes from God, all disciplines can and should be understood from a biblical perspective. God has given truth even to those who do not recognize it as coming from Him. Fallen people (Christians and non-Christians alike) tend to distort the truth. Therefore biblical discernment is necessary in education. We endeavor to honor God by seeing the world through his eyes.

"to assist students to know God better"

We believe that every student is made for relationship with God. That relationship is a journey, and we endeavor to assist students (Christian or not) to grow in their understanding of his excellence, power and love through learning of his word and creation. For God reveals himself through his Word and his world in knowing them we come to know him. We believe that this knowledge is not simply intellectual, but if empowered by the Spirit, will transform the whole person into someone eager to love and serve as Christ has loved them.

"to serve and transform their community"

We believe that students, rooted in the knowledge of Christ's love for them, will in turn be agents of God's love to the world. Students are educated for a purpose to be used by God to mend our broken world, heal broken lives, to be agents of positive change for those around us. Students are encouraged to live out their Christian faith in whatever vocation or task God gives them. In this way they bring grace to a fallen world, whether its the world of business, academics, entertainment, politics, medicine, or in any other field. In this way by the power of the Holy Spirit, communities will be transformed.

"for Christ"

Everything we do in this school we do to honor Christ and to recognize him as Lord of all.